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The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros |  | Director: Auraeus Solito
Actor: Soliman Cruz; JR Valentin; Neil Ryan Sese; Ping Medina; Bodjie Pascua; Nathan Lopez
Studio: TLA
Category: DVD
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Rating:  20 reviews
Sales Rank: 10597
Format: Color, Dubbed, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Languages: English (Original Language), Tagalog (Unknown), English (Subtitled), English (Dubbed)
Rating: Unrated
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 100 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: 182
UPC: 807839002935
EAN: 0807839002935
ASIN: B000Q677HC
Theatrical Release Date: 2005
Release Date: August 28, 2007
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| • | THE BLOSSOMING OF MAXIMO OLIVEROS tells the story of Maxi (Nathan Lopez) a gay, pre-teen growing up in the slums of Manila, who is deeply loyal to his family of petty thieves. His world revolves around his father and two brothers, who love and protect him in return for Maxi s devotion to completing domestic chores and covering their tracks when they commit crimes. When Maxi meets Victor (JR Val |
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Product Description
THE BLOSSOMING OF MAXIMO OLIVEROS tells the story of Maxi (Nathan Lopez) a gay pre-teen growing up in the slums of Manila who is deeply loyal to his family of petty thieves. His world revolves around his father and two brothers who love and protect him in return for Maxi s devotion to completing domestic chores and covering their tracks when they commit crimes.When Maxi meets Victor (JR Valentin) a well-meaning handsome policeman the two become fast friends and Maxi begins to learn that he can have a better life which soon incurs the ire and disapproval of Maxi s family.System Requirements:Running Time: 100 minutes Language: Tagalog Subtitles: EnglishFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA UPC: 807839002935 Manufacturer No: TLAD182
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 I use this film for my Filipino American and Asian American Studies courses at CAL and city college of San Francisco. February 5, 2010
Mr. Michael D. Parayno (Berkeley, CA)
excellent. it won the audience award at the SF Asian American Film Festival when it debuted.
 wow, not what I thought the advertising promises December 30, 2009
Kevinep (Montreal, Canada)
Very disappointing, the story has potential but the film fails to deliver more than a few nuggets.
Acting was poor. Story was not believable.
I expected a warm coming of age story about a typical gay pre-teen growing up in the slums of Manila. It does a reasonable job of depicting the slums, poverty, petty thievery, family bonds, and corruption of the police. But I just can't believe the main character. He is off the scale effeminate gay; I found it difficult to believe this character would survive in the surroundings he existed in. I have never seen a boy behave like he did or dress in this way - I just found him hard to believe, not genuine, more like an over-acted stereotype. It didn't work for me.
Poor acting, poorly written script, and characters not believable......I was really disappointed.
A BOY TORN June 16, 2009
Terry J. Lehane
I cannot say enough good about this picture from the Philippines. This story of a gay boy who bonds with the cop who is out to destroy his family is in Tagalog with subtitles. Heart rending and subtle. Please don't miss it. Particularly telling is the "long walk" ending which, I am sure, is taken from The Third Man.
The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros December 24, 2008
Mark T. Von Seggern (Denver, CO USA)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Maximo is trying to find love with another guy. It never gets anywhere near the point of an x Rating, but he does find someone in an older guy who happens to be a police man. Well, the guy finds out that Maximo has a crush on him and tries to let him down easy, but Maximo is crushed/shattered. In the end Maximo does seem to get things going to here he is on his way to find a lover/friend. It's worth watching again and again, but if an x-rating is needed then this is not the one.
A fascinating film November 28, 2008
Geoff Puterbaugh (Chiang Mai, T. Suthep, A. Muang Thailand)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Frankly, I wasn't expecting much from this DVD, since lady-boys are not at all my type (much less 12yo lady-boys). But, just as a person, the 12yo lady-boy won my heart.
And that is perhaps the crucial thing about this film. Folks who come prepared to condescend will likely wind up wishing they knew more people like Maxi. Sure, he's an effeminate gay boy, and he's only 12, but... how to put it?....he's a great guy, sincere, affectionate, hard-working, and his dreams are firmly fixed on the stars. To sum it up: he's a believable character, and very sympathetic.
Now you have to get ready for the "Romeo & Juliet" part of the story. Maxi lives with a family of criminals, and he falls madly in love with an honest cop. To say any more would spoil the story, except that I will say this: the story is about love, not about sex. In the end, both Maxi and Victor have been seen in tears. The affection is very real.
Frankly, I don't regard this as a "quirky little film." It is a film about real human feelings. (When I was living in Iran, I had the same experience of a young boy falling in love with me! It happened during a vacation trip, and so it was short, but neither of us ever forgot it.) I don't think I need to repeat myself, but it was all about affection, and never about everyone's favorite subject. The last I heard, a dozen years later, Arman was in medical school --- and I was overjoyed to hear it.
In precisely the same way, Maxi and Victor come to care for one another, and to care ABOUT one another.
And that's really what life is about.
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